Updated : Sep.6,2008 09:00 KST

Malicious Rumors: From U.S. Beef to Financial Markets
Korea¡¯s financial markets have fallen prey to malicious rumors, such as one that claims the country¡¯s economy will face a crisis this month. The impact of such rumors was first witnessed during protests against the resumption of U.S. beef imports earlier this year, and now they are felt in the financial markets as well as the broader economy. >>Full Text
 Rumors of September Crisis Rattle Markets
 Credit Raters, IMF Dismiss Korean Crisis Fears
 ¡®No Danger of Second Financial Crisis¡¯
 Weak Won Begins to Tell in People¡¯s Pockets
 Per-Capita GNI Likely to Drop Below $20,000 This Year
 Korea ¡®Already a Net Debtor Nation¡¯
 Can Korea Handle a Low Birthrate and Ageing Society
 Government¡¯s Crisis Handling Skills Have not Improved
 N.Korea Is Making a Big Mistake
 A tour of marketplaces by the minister of foreign affairs and trade
 If Korea were hit by Obama heat

Gov't Planning Media Reforms to Spur Competition
The government plans to ease regulations on media ownership to promote investment and increase competitiveness. The Korea Communications Commission in a policy report to Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday said it may ease the ban on cross-media ownership that prevents newspaper companies from owning terrestrial and cable TV stations. >>Full Text

 Gov't to Lift Press Ownership Restrictions
 ¡®Public Networks, not Dailies, Threaten Press Diversity¡¯
 New Gov¡¯t to Write New Newspaper Law
 New Gov¡¯t to Cut Swathe Through Red Tape
 Press Laws Must Go

Why ¡®Yonsama¡¯ Didn¡¯t Wow the Japanese This Time
"Taewangsasingi¡± featuring Korean wave star Bae Yong-joon as King Kwanggaeto the Great of the Koguryo Kingdom, was a hit in Korea last year with ratings up to 37.5 percent. The drama was expected to draw as much popularity in Japan as it did in Korea, but on a terrestrial channel NHK at 11 p.m. on Saturday, ratings remain at around 7 percent. >>Full Text

 Fans of 'Yonsama' Flock to Japanese Temple
 Korean TV Series Breaks New Ground in Japan
 When History Becomes Entertainment
- Ministry Seeks House Consent for Arrest of Lawmakers
- Lawmakers in Bid to Heal Rift With Buddhists
- Seoul to Give Food Aid to North Despite Nuke Setback
- Video-Transmitting Helmet to Be Introduced by 2013
- Stepfather Held in North Korean Spy Case
- Household Debt Reaches W660 Trillion
- GM Daewoo Tries Again With Veritas Sedan
- Man Held Over Data Leak of 5.9 Million Subscribers
- POSCO Completes World's Largest Fuel-Cell Battery Plant
- Imported Car Sales Slow in August
- BoA Prepares to Take On Billboard Charts
- Anti-Ageing Secrets of Korean Food Revealed
- The Wonder Girls Are Ones to Watch Say Brits
- What Seoul Food Fest Can Learn From Singapore
- Korean LPGA Golfers Must Speak English
- Haitians Struggle to Recover as Tropical Storm Hanna Aims at U.S.
- Several Protesters Arrested in Standoff With Police in St. Paul
- Thai Prime Minister Snubs Calls to Resign, Dissolve Parliament
- John McCain to Accept Republican Presidential Nomination on Final Convention Night
- U.S. Envoy Says Pakistani Contacts 'Perfectly Natural'

South Korea's top nuclear envoy Kim Sook speaks to the media at the Government Complex in Seoul on Friday before his departure to Beijing. Four regional powers plan to meet in Beijing in the next few days to discuss how to halt North Korea's steps toward restarting its aging nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium. /REUTERS